Federal Highway Administration Video Series Highlights Asphalt Pavement Principals

Lanham, Maryland (June 18, 2019)—The new “Asphalt Pavement Principals” online video series from the Federal Highway Administration highlights the innovation and collaboration that go into modern asphalt pavements. Developed with the cooperation of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA), the videos feature engineers, academics and other industry figures discussing best practices for pavement performance.

The three videos in the series, viewable on the FHWA YouTube channel, are:

• Asphalt Pavement Principles: Density and Durability
• Asphalt Pavement Principles: Smoothness
• Asphalt Pavement Principles: Long-Life Pavements

“More than 18 billion tons of asphalt pavement mixture is in place on United States roads, and more than 375 million tons of new asphalt pavement mixture are placed annually as part of pavement construction, maintenance, preservation and rehabilitation activities,” said Dr. Richard Willis, vice president for engineering, research and technology at NAPA. “As these videos show, long-lasting, high-performing asphalt pavements are the result of collaborative partnerships between researchers, manufacturers, paving contractors and agencies.”

“These videos help agencies and paving contractors alike better understand how to design and build asphalt pavements in a way that improves pavement performance and service life,” said NAPA 2019 Chairman John Harper, senior vice president at Construction Partners Inc. in Dothan, Alabama. “Attention to best practices and applying innovative technologies and materials are an important part of ensuring the traveling public gets the highest level of performance that asphalt pavements can deliver.”

For more information, visit asphaltpavement.org